Oldham Historical Research Group

'SERVICEMEN WE KNOW'

A Selection of WW1 Photographs and Postcards
from William Arthur Mercer's Collection

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Oldham Historical Research Group - World War 1, 1914-1918- Photographs & postcards

'A machine flown by another
squadron on our aerodrome'

Oldham Historical Research Group - World War 1, 1914-1918- Photographs & postcards

'Note the Rhine & Bonn Bridge'

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Two 'Handley Pages'
which ran into each other

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Yours Truly H(?). S. Ash

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Ash

 

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H.J.C. Spencer

 

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'My Friend Ash'

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Christmas Day 1918
Geneche, France

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'Bon souvenir
de la famille Brienné à William.

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Limit of Cologne Bridgehead

 

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32nd Divl. String Orchestra

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Cologne

Cologne

Cologne

Cologne

Cologne Cathedral

Cologne Cathedral

Bridge over the Rhine at Cologne

Bridge over the Rhine at Cologne

Bonn Bridge from the Embankment

Bonn Bridge from the
Embankment

Bonn, Rhine Bridge - British Soldiers Changing Guard

Bonn, Rhine Bridge -
British Soldiers Changing Guard

Bonn - Kaiserplatz

Bonn - Kaiserplatz

Lille - Boulevard de la Liberté (Belle-Jardinière)

Lille - Boulevard de la Liberté
(Belle-Jardinière)

Parade in Lille(?)

Parade in Lille(?)

A Village near St. Mihiel

A Village near St. Mihiel

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The crew of one of
HM Motor Launches

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'The outpost on the border line
between our occupied territory
& the neutral zone'.

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Postcard - Cologne Hotel

 

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'Revolver Kanone'

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Observation Balloon

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Submarine H33

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